Alkane

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  • noun. Any member of the alkane series.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A hydrocarbon, CnH2n+2, of the marsh-gas or methane series: official name.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.
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  • noun. Any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2.
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  • noun. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
    • Word Usage
    "Further, officials continue to refuse to admit/discuss the impacts of methane and other alkane gases that were also emitted from the wellhead."
    Form
    cycloalkane  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aliphatic compound  hydrocarbon  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    amine  aminoalkane  butane  c2h6  ethane  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    associat  bromonium  diazonium  diene  f-electron  
    variant
    alkane series  
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